Tonight I started my new homebrew project...

[tcdev]

I'm guessing most of you will recognise it. 100% ASM transcode from the arcade code. 0.1% complete.

 

[Neodogg]

is the the legendary "find the roo in the bush" game?!?!? with extra points for finding empty VB bottles?

 

[Tarma]

looks, like a shmup.... is it donpatchi sai dai ou jou?

 

[Burning Fight!!]

Neo Souvalou

 

[Hattori Hanzo]

I like Xevious.

 

[tcdev]

is the the legendary "find the roo in the bush" game?!?!? with extra points for finding empty VB bottles?

Wow, I didn't think anyone would get that! You really know your games!

 

[Neo Alec]

Nice!

 

[basic]

can i pay you now, 10 years in advance, as a pre-order?

 

[Heinz]

is the the legendary "find the roo in the bush" game?!?!? with extra points for finding empty VB bottles?

If you look real close and then close one eye you can see Joe9 sitting on a VB longneck.

 

[tcdev]

can i pay you now, 10 years in advance, as a pre-order?

Sure! 50% now and 60% on completion!

Seriously though, I hope to finish it early next year. The RE of the arcade code is 97% complete.

 

[tcdev]

My retro projects blog

 

[smokey]

Pretty cool even though Xevious isn’t my preferred shooter

 

[kernow]

Pretty cool even though Xevious isn’t my preferred shooter

Oh sorry will port one just for you next time

 

[tcdev]

Pretty cool even though Xevious isn’t my preferred shooter

You're dead to me!

 

[basic]

My retro projects blog

actually...........could you start a youtube channel and vlog instead of a blog? then while you are at it, make some videos going over video game collecting topics and post them here regularly. i'm asking for a friend. @kernow

 

[smokey]

You're dead to me!

Sorry, I just don't like the mechanic that bombs are for things on the floor and gun is for things in the sky

 

[smokey]

Oh sorry will port one just for you next time

Thanks and make me some tea while you're at it.

 

[SpamYouToDeath]

Are you reading the original code and writing something like C? Or writing it straight into another assembly language?

 

[Takumaji]

Nice, big Xevious fan here.

 

[tcdev]

Are you reading the original code and writing something like C? Or writing it straight into another assembly language?

Right now I'm translating from Z80 to 68K on the Neo Geo. In the past I've done direct-to-C translations for other projects, which have worked out well. You need well-structured code to do it. It would probably work for Xevious as the code is pretty well structured. I haven't decided if I'll bother yet; I'm not sure there's any other platforms that would need to run a C version rather than simply emulate the arcade.

 

[pixeljunkie]

I came into this thread thinking it was gonna be about beer....

I also like Xevious. Pretty much the only game I kept in my Atari 7800 back in the day

 

[tcdev]

Progress. Implementation of the foreground and background tile layers complete, with scrolling on the background layer. High level routines transcoded for both main and sub CPU. You can coin up and start a game. Sprites to come next...

 

[smokey]

Right now I'm translating from Z80 to 68K on the Neo Geo. In the past I've done direct-to-C translations for other projects, which have worked out well. You need well-structured code to do it. It would probably work for Xevious as the code is pretty well structured. I haven't decided if I'll bother yet; I'm not sure there's any other platforms that would need to run a C version rather than simply emulate the arcade.

How do you obtain the Xevious code. Can you decompile or is that just available somewhere?

 

[smokey]

Progress. Implementation of the foreground and background tile layers complete, with scrolling on the background layer. High level routines transcoded for both main and sub CPU. You can coin up and start a game. Sprites to come next...

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Nice!

 

[Burning Fight!!]

How do you obtain the Xevious code.

He just threatens Namco with a Mr. Karate in-person interview unless they give out the source code for the game.